The portraits of Faiyum | Rafael Pérez Arroyo, Hymn to the Seven Hathor video

"Faces from the Past" The portraits of Faiyum (Egypt - I th BC - II th AD) Music: Hymn to the Seven Hathor (from 'Music in the Age of the Pyramids') composed, arranged and conducted by Rafael Pérez Arroyo Arroyo's Hathor Ensemble Music in the Age of the Pyramids represents the first try of a reconstruction of the music of Ancient Egypt. After ten years of research carried out by the Spanish musicologist Rafael Pérez Arroyo, with the collaboration of Syra Bonet, the Centro de Estudios Egipcios has published a scientific works on the music, musicians, iconography, dance and musical instruments of Ancient Egypt. The result of this research work is a book and a record entitled 'Music in the Age of Pyramids': the music is performed by Arroyo's Hathor Ensemble. The realization of the music by Arroyo was based on study of the metric structure of hymns which survive in writing, on discussion of music theory from heiroglyphics, sonic descriptions by ancient authors, and ancient iconography. Arroyo has also tried to decode the hand gestures (the same source used for Biblical music), and discovered three basic modes for Ancient Egyptian music. More info: www.rafaelperezarroyo.com *** Faiyum (Arabic: الفيوم‎) is a city in Middle Egypt and the capital of the Faiyum Governorate. It is 130 Km southwest of Cairo and occupies part of the ancient site of Crocodilopolis. Its name in English is also spelled as Fayum, Fayoum, Al Fayyum or El Faiyūm. It was formerly named Madīnet el Faiyūm ...